title: ["Clown nose"--skin metastasis of breast cancer].
abstract: We report on a 74-year-old woman showing a reddish infiltration of the tip of the nose, which had appeared 3 months ago. Clinically, we considered the following differential diagnoses: sarcoidosis, rosacea, pseudolymphoma, and metastasis. Histological and immunohistological investigation proved a cutaneous metastasis of carcinoma of the breast. Our case report gives evidence of the fact that cutaneous metastases of systemic malignancies are frequently located in acral regions of the skin.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Graz.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Soyer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cerroni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smolle
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kerl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
vernacular_title: "Clown-Nase"--Hautmetastase eines Mammakarzinoms.